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JOSEPH EARNEST HIPP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – January 11, 1966
Service recordJoseph Earnest Hipp, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 64
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- GERALD LEE DAILEYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYNALD JIMEEZ AMADORCorporal · Panel 4E, Line 63
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 63
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 63
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- NOBLE DOUGLAS MCGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- WILLIE JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
From Albany
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.